A Small Light (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

1
I'm looking for someone
named Willem Arondeus.
They might be able to help me.
Who are you? What good are you to me?
If I help you, how're you
going to be able to help me?
Something's changed.
You're distant and
and you always have to go.
- Nothing's changed.
- No, you're lying.
We don't lie to each other, remember?
MIEP: Why did you go to church?
What else are you lying about?
I'm doing what you're doing.
You said yes to Mr.
Frank, I said yes, too.
I can't tell you more than that.
We're not doing enough.
When you feel like that, there’s
only one thing you can do.
We're going to start a fire.
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
When you're smilin',
when you're smilin' ♪
The whole world smiles with you ♪
When you're laughin',
when you're laughin' ♪
The sun comes shinin' through ♪
But when you're cryin',
you bring on the rain ♪
So stop your sighin',
be happy again ♪
ANNE: That was a perfect day.
You looked so beautiful.
I mean, you got so excited, you
forgot to say, "I do." (CHUCKLING)
Oh! Sorry, um I do. I do. Oh, do you?
- I do.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (SMOOCHES)
- (SMOOCHES, CHUCKLES)
(APPLAUSE)
You remember my wedding
better than I do.
I mean, it was the most
romantic thing I had ever seen.
You remember it very differently, too.
I just found it really stressful.
How was it not the most
romantic day of your life?
Mm. We got married in
a government building.
Yeah, but you looked so beautiful
and Jan looked so handsome.
(CHUCKLES)
I mean, I did
I did wonder if I'd ever be
as in love as you two were.
Why are you being so
sappy all of a sudden?
- What have you done with my Anne?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Miep?
Yeah?
- Okay, can you keep a secret?
- Uh, Anne, look where we are.
Okay. Um, so (INHALES DEEPLY)
- So?
- yesterday, uh, during the air raids
Mm.
Peter came up and
he asked if I was okay.
I mean, I was, Pim was here,
but you know, Peter, he was
he was so nice.
- But you you have a crush on Peter!
- No, I mean
- No, no, no, no, no. We just talk and
- Hmm. (CHUCKLES)
He teaches me certain
things about myself
and, I mean, I do the same to him.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
But he's just very nice.
(CHUCKLES) You have a crush on Peter.
- Stop it! (LAUGHS)
- (LAUGHS, SNORTS)
This thing between
Anne and Peter won't do.
MIEP: It's harmless, isn't it?
- I mean, when I was at that age it
- EDITH: Yes.
But you wouldn't live in a tiny warren
of rooms with seven other people
- including that boy's parents.
- Hmm.
I don't have to tell you all the
ways this could go horribly wrong.
All these feelings will have
to wait until after the war.
- I don't know if you can just stop them.
- (SCOFFS) No.
No, I'm not sure I
can. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I need you, too, to discourage Anne
from continuing with the Van Pels' boy.
- But Mrs. Frank, it's (SIGHS)
- EDITH: Please, Miep,
you you've been keeping us
wonderfully safe throughout all this.
(INHALES DEEPLY) And this
situation doesn't feel safe.
WILLEM: We Dutch, we keep
very meticulous records,
and so we've basically provided
the Nazis with a detailed register
of who and where our
Jewish citizens are.
So, what's the solution?
How do we counter that?
- We blow up the Civil Registry Office.
- (ALL SIGH)
And every record inside.
Our friend Jan has
already taken a huge risk.
He's used his access as a social worker
to explore the layout of the building.
- Thank you, Jan.
- (INHALES DEEPLY) I knew the place a bit.
We're blowing up the building
I got married in. (CHUCKLES)
That's very romantic, Jan.
- Thank you for that.
- (ALL CHUCKLES)
So, using Jan's intel, I've
made a map of the building,
and where the greatest numbers
- of records are kept.
- Oh. Hold on, hold on, hold on! (STUTTERS)
Okay, with an action this
big, there will be reprisals,
and the Nazis, they will hit back.
For those of you that participate
in this, you may be hunted.
You may be killed.
I'm saying that there is no shame
if any of you want to back out now.
Okay, well come and have
a look, then. (CHUCKLES)
FRIEDA: Right, so what we
see is the courtyard here.
- There's pictures of everything.
- Thank you. Thank you for your help.
You're welcome. (INHALES DEEPLY)
We're just getting started.
Now, hold on. You're you're
too valuable for this one, okay?
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- I want to do as much as I can.
Look, you've already
done what no one else can.
Your access has has made it
possible, it's more than enough.
Thank you.
(FRIEDA SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
So, let's see the first floor.
Willem, did you have the
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BICYCLE BELL DINGING)
MAN: My pleasure, my pleasure.
I'll see you around, uh,
sometime this afternoon.
- SHOPKEEPER: Hey, Cas.
- CASMIR: Good morning.
- MIEP: I saw Cas today.
- Oh, yeah? How's he doing?
Dunno.
(SPITS) I hid from him.
I mean, the last time
we spoke wasn't great.
And I've stopped seeing my family.
It's much easier to lie to them
if I just don't see them at all.
Bit like you, really.
(JAN CHUCKLES) What's
that supposed to mean?
MIEP: Hmm.
Well, since you've started
working with the Resistance,
you leave in the morning, come home,
and I don't know anything
you've done in the day.
- (DOOR KNOCKING)
- MIEP: Yeah?
MRS. STOPPELMAN: Oh, sorry, Jan.
Um, what time do we have
to be at the train station?
Uh, train for Hilversum leaves at 5:30.
And we really can't be late. (EXHALES)
Lady who's agreed to hide
you is getting a little antsy.
- Hmm.
- MRS. STOPPELMAN: Well,
I might not sleep at
all. (INHALES DEEPLY)
This is all so sudden, are
you sure this is necessary?
I know, it's nerve-wracking,
but it is the best thing to do.
Even Max says it's time
to get out of Amsterdam.
It's just not safe here.
- Yes.
- MIEP: Yes.
(INHALES) Oh, well, um
- I'll see you in the morning.
- MIEP: Night, night.
- JAN: (EXHALES) Goodnight.
- Night.
(JAN SIGHS)
What were we talking about?
Oh, yeah. That we never
talk about anything anymore.
(CHUCKLES)
After the war's over, I'll
tell you everything. I promise.
- (GRUNTS, SNIFFS)
- I saw this great pair of shoes today.
Do you remember those
ones I used to have?
The red ones with the little strap?
Mm-mm.
What? How can you not remember
them? I wore them on our first date.
JAN: Mm.
(EXHALES SHARPLY, GRUNTS)
Get this as well, Anne has
a crush on Peter. (CHUCKLES)
And Mrs. Frank asked me to put
a stop to it, but how can I?
How can I break her
little heart like that?
Anne thinks that we got married in
a rush because we were so in love,
we couldn't wait.
Can't believe you don't
remember those shoes. (CHUCKLES)
(JAN SNORES)
- Hello, you found us.
- JAN: Yeah, thank you.
You'll stay in my daughter's old room,
it's a small bed, but a down duvet.
It'll be lovely, I'm sure.
Thank you so much for this.
It's so (SIGHS)
stressful in Amsterdam,
the razzias seem to be getting
closer and closer. (CHUCKLES)
- Well, we all have to do what we can.
- (CHUCKLES) Thank you.
(WHISPERS) It all works out
rather well as it happens.
Okay. This is going well.
- Hmm.
- Maybe we can get the early train back.
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- But why are you so antsy to leave?
I thought we could
have a walk by the pond.
- It's so pretty here.
- Oh, no, I have to get back. (EXHALES)
For what?
Will you just tell me? This
is what I was talking about.
- Do you want me to make something up?
- No. Just trust me.
And wha what is it?
Stealing IDs? Delivering money?
- Are you hiding another family?
- (SIGHS)
Don't want to wait until after
the war. I want my husband back.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
I'm right here.
Hmm? Hmm? Hmm.
- (CHUCKLES, SMOOCHES)
- Hmm. Mm. (SMOOCHES)
- (KISSES)
- Is it bad that
I'm pretty excited
that Mrs. Stoppelman
(CHUCKLES) is moving to the country?
We'll have the whole
apartment to ourselves.
I warn you, I might never
wear a bra ever again.
- I support this plan.
- I might not wear any clothes at all.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- Hey! You're here. I'm Kuno. (EXHALES)
- JAN: Ah. Hi, Kuno.
- Jan.
- (DOOR CLOSING)
- Ah, yes.
- Miep.
Miep. Yeah. Thank you so
much for for doing this.
JAN: Oh, no, sir, not at all. Thank
you. Thank thank your mother.
No, it's worked out really well.
- Yeah, uh
- But, I'm sorry (CHUCKLES)
- it does.
- what does exactly?
I have a girlfriend in Amsterdam.
So, uh, that will be great.
(CHUCKLES) So, uh
- When are we leaving?
- Uh, K Kuno, uh, sweetheart,
I haven't talked to
them yet about this part.
(CHUCKLES) Kuno's at university
here, and he's got himself
into a little bit of trouble
with the local Nazi Party.
- I wouldn't sign their loyalty patch.
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.
- Kuno. (SHUSHES)
And so, I thought, well, since
Kuno is wanted in Hilversum,
and Mrs. Stoppelman can't be in
Amsterdam because she's Jewish,
well, why not make a trade?
It seemed only fair. And
I know you have the room.
- Sounds great.
- (CHUCKLES)
I don't know if Peter
even cares about me.
He's spending so much time with Margot.
Well (SCOFFS) to be
fair his options are limited.
I mean, she's always going up there.
(INHALES) Well, maybe
maybe that's just how
it's meant to be, you know?
- Maybe Margot is more his type.
- Margot?
For goodness sake, Anne, I'm
only helping him with his maths.
Stop listening in.
MARGOT: What? I I can't
help it, you're so loud.
Besides, I I don't
think of Peter in that way.
(GRUNTS)
MARGOT: Listen.
If you want to pursue something
with him, I I think you should.
Maybe neither of you should
be thinking about him.
I just wish he'd give me
a sign. (EXHALES DEEPLY)
- How did you know Jan loved you?
- How did Yeah? How did he propose?
Yeah, how did he propose?
Tell us everything. (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES) Okay, well, firstly,
there was a lot of shit.
- Miep! (LAUGHS)
- Oh, my gosh. (CHUCKLES)
Okay, let me go back. All
right, so, after the occupation,
the Nazis were trying to
get rid of "undesirables."
- Besides Jews?
- Yeah.
Yeah, and I became an undesirable
because I was an immigrant here.
So, the Nazis called me
into the government offices
and revoked my passport.
They told me I had three
months to leave the country.
I was scared to death.
Your father actually
caught me crying at my desk
- and forced me to tell him what was wrong.
- (GASPS)
MIEP: I have a good
job, I have a good man.
T this is my home,
I don't want to leave.
Well, you can't. I need you here.
Besides, Anne would never forgive me
- if I let you go.
- (MIEP CHUCKLES)
Marry him.
MIEP: What?
You said yourself, you have a good man.
Marry the Dutchman.
(MIEP EXHALES)
Jan, at the time,
was working about an hour
south of Amsterdam for a week.
He was helping his friends
on their farm with the harvest
by (CHUCKLES) shoveling
manure to fertilize the fields.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Have you finalized your divorce? (PANTS)
'Cause we need to get married,
like like yesterday,
or I'm going to be
kicked out of the country.
- (MOSQUITO BUZZING)
- So
if you if you love me,
let's do this. And fast.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Oh, no, wait. Ah, did
I get this all wrong?
- No, no, no. It's
- Wait, do you not want this?
- No, no, no, it's not it's not that
- Well, you have a funny way of showing it!
"Well, someday we'll go to Paris, Miep."
Well, you talk about having kids!
- Wha Kids!
- No, uh (EXHALES)
MIEP: Have you been stringing
me along this whole time?
Is this all some big con? 'Cause
I can do much better than you, pal.
Stop it! Stop. I've already
divorced her. It's done.
- What?
- Yes. I did it a month ago.
I was going to tell you once I
bought the ring I've been saving for.
- Oh.
- And then I was going
- to ask your father.
- Why?
Then I was going to find
somewhere to propose to you, Miep.
Like like, in front of
the bar where we first met,
or on the bridge, where
we had our first kiss.
Anywhere, anywhere on God's green Earth
except the middle of this shitfield.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
And if you think you
can do better than me,
- then maybe you should.
- MIEP: No, no, wait, wait. I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry, wait. Wait, I
- (WATER SPLASHING)
I do want you to propose
to me. Propose to me.
- (CHUCKLES) No!
- MIEP: What?
If not now, then later,
whenever and however you want
but you can't do it if
I'm on a train to Vienna.
- Oh, God. (EXHALES)
- So, so
- What are you doing? What are you doing?
- Jan
- What are you doing?
- (LAUGHS)
Oh, my God. (LAUGHS)
- Firstly, I can do much better than you.
- (CHUCKLES)
And secondly, will you make me
the happiest girl in the world
by marrying me so I can stay
in the country with you, please?
- Yes. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- (SCREAMS) No! No, don't drop me.
(CHUCKLES) No!
- (SMOOCHES) Mm-hmm.
- (SMOOCHES) Mm.
(CHUCKLES)
- MARGOT: You proposed to him?
- (ANNE CHUCKLES)
Oh, you and Jan proved that
two people can fall in love,
I mean, even in the most
unacceptable circumstances. (CHUCKLES)
Well, it wasn't quite
as romantic as that.
Yes, it is. I mean, it seems
inspiring and amazing and perfect.
- Seriously. (CHUCKLES)
- (ANNE CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
- (KEYS RATTLING)
- (DOOR LOCK CLICKING)
- (HENDRIKA CHUCKLES, KISSES)
- (KUNO KISSES)
Oh, oh! God! Uh
- Uh! Oh, my God. Uh
- Sorry, sorry, sorry
- Oh! Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
- Ah! Oh, I'm sorry. I (GRUNTS)
Oh! (BREATHES HEAVILY)
- Hey, Jan. (EXHALES)
- (CHUCKLES) Hey, Kuno.
I thought I was in the wrong apartment.
- (HENDRIKA CHUCKLES)
- JAN: I'm so sorry.
- I wanted to die.
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry. (CHUCKLES)
I did tell Kuno that
since he can't go out,
- he can bring Hendrika over here.
- JAN: Okay, well, next time I'll knock.
- (CHUCKLES)
- In your own apartment? Why?
JAN: (CHUCKLES) Oh, I wonder
why. What do you think?
- Uh, this was delicious, really.
- Hmm.
- Yes, thank you.
- Where are you going?
Uh, I've got some work,
things to be getting on with.
What kind of work do you do?
Yeah, Jan, yeah, tell us
what kind of work do you do?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Not much to tell.
- No. No, he doesn't tell me anything.
All I know is it's very dangerous.
Every time he leaves the house, I'm
worried I'll never see him again.
- Oh, come on, what is it?
- He really doesn't tell you?
No, he hasn't for months
now. But I've tried to guess.
I think I've put two and
two together, I think
think he works, um, for the circus.
- (CHUCKLES)
- A tightrope walker, or
- (CHUCKLES)
- or maybe a clown.
- (CLEARS THROAT)
- (CHUCKLES) No.
I thought you were a social worker.
I am a social worker.
Don't listen to this lady.
(KISSES) It's all very
boring stuff, believe you me.
- Very boring.
- See you later.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BICYCLE BELL DINGING)
- (SPITS)
- JAN: Professor?
Mr. Broers.
Hello, Jan. You look
well. You staying safe?
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
Still want to argue with me
that Nietzsche had it wrong?
Quiet.
- JAN: What is this?
- MR. BROERS: Jan
These men saw fit to drop their
trash in the streets, like pigs.
I dropped a candy wrapper.
(EXHALES) I picked it up.
- Keep on working.
- I have no more spit.
(SPITS)
Use this, Jew. (BROERS' FRIEND GROANS)
- Hey! Hey!
- Jan, Jan. Keep walking, son.
It's okay.
(BROERS' FRIEND GROANS, SOBS)
Keep cleaning.
(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
I need to be a part of the
operation. The Records Office.
- Yeah, I've already told you.
- JAN: No, no, no. No.
I understand I'm
valuable in my position,
okay, I get it, but it's not enough.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) People
could be giving up their lives for this
and I get a free pass
because of my job? No.
I will not stand by anymore.
Jan
I don't doubt for a second
that you'd be willing to
give your life for this cause.
But this action
this action requires people who
are willing to take a life for it.
And I just don't think
you've got it in you.
It's not a bad thing, it's just
it's not you.
"There is a certain right by which
we may deprive a man of life."
WILLEM: What's that supposed to mean?
It's Nietzsche.
It means, "Try me."
Okay.
I will.
There is a certain Nazi officer
who makes the schedules
of the razzias in town.
He alone decides which
neighborhoods are raided and when.
Each week, this prick visits the
same prostitute at the same time
in a hotel on the
Warmoesstraat. Like clockwork.
If you can't do it
just walk away.
It's fine.
It's good, in fact.
(HEARTBEAT THUMPING)
VIGO: What?
(GASPS, BREATHES HEAVILY)
(IMITATES GROANING)
- (GASPS) What the hell is going on?
- VIGO: He did it! (LAUGHS)
- This son of a bitch killed me! (LAUGHS)
- This was a test?
We had to know for sure what
you could do, and now, we do.
(GASPS, PANTS)
- And so, do you.
- He didn't think you could.
- (LAUGHS)
- Get off me.
- VIGO: You owe me a beer.
- (YELLS) Bastards!
- VIGO: To Holland.
- ALL: To Holland.
- (SNOOKER BALLS RATTLING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- VIGO: Shots. (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)
How are you?
I, uh (EXHALES)
- I'd like to be very drunk.
- VIGO: Well, you've earned it.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Cheers.
- FRIEDA: Cheers.
- Let's cheer.
Jessica said it's risky if I quit.
- Cas, are you listening?
- Yeah.
- Oh, yes.
- Girls.
- (OTTO CHUCKLES)
- (GASPS, CHUCKLES)
- (ALL CHEER)
- Happy anniversary!
- CROWD: Happy anniversary!
- Yeah!
- (CHUCKLES)
- (BLOWS AIR)
- OTTO: Yeah!
- Yes!
- (CROWD APPLAUD)
- Thank you. Thank you so much.
MIEP: But you must have
used all your butter in this.
MRS. VAN PELS: Don't
you worry about that.
Well, I still think we
should have waited for Jan.
OTTO: We'll save him some
cake. Tell Jan he's missed.
(AIR RADAR BLARING)
- OTTO: All right, everyone down.
- (INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
- OTTO: Everybody down.
- AUGUSTE: Peter!
- OTTO: Cover your heads. Cover your heads.
- MRS. VAN PELS: Cover your head, Peter.
- Come, come.
- (HEAVY EXPLOSIONS)
- (EDITH SCREAMS)
- (BOTTLES CLATTERING)
- Pim!
- (FIGHTER JET WHIRRING)
- OTTO: It's all right.
- MIEP: It's okay.
- What did I say, darling?
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
Air raids are good because
it means the English
- Are knocking the daylights
- are knocking the daylights
- out of the Nazis. Yes.
- out of the Nazis.
- (BOMBS EXPLODING)
- (SCREAMS)
They're going to shoot a plane
down right into our building.
- It's all right. It's all right.
- HERMANN: Not now, Gusti.
- AUGUSTE: Well
- OTTO: What are they doing?
CROWD: They're knocking the
daylights out of the Nazis.
That's right.
- (GLASS CLATTERING, SHATTERING)
- (JAN BREATHES HEAVILY)
(DRINK POURING)
Oh, God.
Gotta go.
(EXHALES) It's my anniversary.
Oh, well, to your anniversary, then.
(FIGHTER JET WHIRRING)
And to tomorrow night.
- (HEAVY EXPLOSION)
- (GLASS SHATTERING)
(GUNSHOTS)
You know, you you don't
need to come tomorrow.
I've got someone to replace you anyway.
Ma martyrdom is sexy,
but it's not very smart.
It's (BREATHES DEEPLY) it's
fine to look after yourself.
- I am looking after myself.
- (AIR RADAR BLARING)
I feel like a coward if I
live the rest of this war
just stealing IDs and ferrying
groceries to hidden people,
knowing you all risked
everything. (SNIFFS)
I'll live the rest of my life
feeling like I didn't do enough.
Hmm. Trust me, even if you
do go tomorrow and even if
you get out safely,
you always feel like
you never did enough.
(DOOR OPENING)
(MIEP SNIFFLES)
- Oh, sorry.
- No, It's fine. (SNIFFLES) It's fine.
(DOOR LOCK CLICKING)
- Is she asleep?
- OTTO: (WHISPERS) Yeah. Finally.
You know the last time I found
you crying, I remember that I
I I told you to marry your Dutchman
- and perhaps it was
- It's fine.
- We're fine.
- OTTO: Good.
So, why are you crying?
(EXHALES)
I was just thinking about these
shoes that I wanted to buy.
- Shoes?
- (CHUCKLES) I know
I know, they're really nice
shoes, though. (CHUCKLES)
Obviously, I can't afford them.
Then I thought, "Where
would I even wear them?"
And I couldn't think of a
of a world where I'd wear them
ever again. (SNIFFLES)
- Buy the shoes.
- MIEP: I never should have brought it up.
You have to.
I just spent almost an hour
there trying to convince Anne
that, uh, we'll find our
way through this, that
she has something to look forward to.
And if you found a pair of shoes
that makes you feel like this
give you hope, something
to look forward to
buy them.
It's a good pair of shoes. (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Yes.
- Good night.
- MIEP: Night.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- CASMIR: Hello. Miep?
- (DOOR KNOCKING)
- Cas?
- We need to talk, if we still do that.
- MIEP: Oh, God. Is it Mom and Dad?
- No, no, they're fine, it's, uh
(INHALES) it's about Jan.
I have seen Jan the past few weeks
Um, meeting with these people
and drinking with them in this
particular bar.
A bar for homosexuals?
But What You think Jan is?
(CHUCKLES) No. Uh, it's not
just a bar for homosexuals,
it's a bar where
Resistance fighters meet.
So, this is what all the
secrets have been about?
Why you've stopped coming to see us?
Because you and Jan are
working for the Resistance?
Yes.
Right, and so this
this thing Jan is going to do,
aren't you worried?
- What thing?
- What?
I don't know what it is,
but I thought you would.
No, he doesn't tell me
anything. What thing?
Um, well, the the guy I'm seeing
is in with the Resistance people
and he says that they're
planning something.
They're going, um, kill somebody or
or blow something up. Something big.
When?
Tonight.
Miep, they they
they're acting like nobody's
coming back from this.
They've been drinking
and and and toasting
like they're going off to war.
You have to speak to him.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
I found this in your underwear drawer.
Jan. Jan, you said it was
- you said it was shuffling papers.
- (GUN COCKING)
- Don't worry.
- Don't placate me, and do not lie to me.
- (BREATHES DEEPLY)
- I deserve to know.
(WHISPERS) Look
is it dangerous?
- Could you die?
- (EXHALES)
- Will you die?
- Do you really want to know?
Yes, it's dangerous.
Maybe I'll die.
Well, you can't go.
- JAN: What?
- Do you love me?
- Are you serious?
- MIEP: If you do, you won't go.
Miep, you can't say
that. You can't say that.
Miep, I'm a Dutchman
and my country needs me.
I need you.
I need you.
(SNIFFLES) Jan, this is my line.
Everyone has one and this is mine.
Please, don't go. Please, you can't go.
If you love me, you cannot go. Don't go.
(SOBS) Don't go.
(EXHALES)
I'll see you later.
(DOOR OPENING)
ANNE: Miep, I am so glad to see you.
Pim says that I can't
speak to Peter anymore
- because it's too inappropriate.
- (DOOR CLOSING)
MIEP: Actually, your father's
just who I've came to talk to.
Oh, you can't speak to
him now, he's in a mood.
He's got a headache. Well, it
was because of the air raid.
He's been staying up with
me 'cause I can't sleep.
- But, listen, okay
- (EXHALES SHARPLY) If I could have
five consecutive minutes
It's all mother. It
doesn't sound like Pim.
Mother doesn't understand what love is.
I mean, her marriage is
a loveless partnership,
- a marriage of convenience
- God, Anne, Anne,
you have this idea about
love, it's not real.
It's not the dream you think it
is. Nobody has love like that.
- You and Jan do.
- Jan and I were a marriage of convenience.
I married him so I could
stay in the country.
Everything you remember about
my wedding is completely wrong.
It was the scariest day of my life.
I was committing fraud that day, Anne.
I was trying to get married
with an invalid passport
and I could have been deported.
I forgot to say, "I do," not
because I was swooning over Jan
but because I was terrified that
the man would see the stamped page
in my passport and have me
arrested, there and then!
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(COUGHS) Excuse me. Sorry.
MIEP: Thank God, Jan
coughed to distract him.
(COUGHS, INHALES)
I was trying not to get
arrested, just like you.
And to confuse that with
love, well, it's just stupid.
Do you understand?
Listen, you're growing up.
Maybe it's time to start acting
a bit grown up about this.
The best and safest thing you
could do is steer clear of Peter.
Love will only get you hurt.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
- I (EXHALES) understand, I will.
- MIEP: Good.
Miep? Anne, go upstairs.
I need to talk to you.
I asked you to discourage Anne from
getting involved with Van Pels' boy,
not to scare her out
of ever falling in love.
Sorry. Sorry.
What's wrong?
What's happened between you and Jan?
We're struggling. It's bad.
It's it's really bad.
Well, ja, well, these are
trying times for any marriage.
And the war makes things
even more complicated.
No. No, he's he's gone to do
something really dangerous, you know,
f for the war effort.
And, uh, I asked him not to go
and he he said he'd be back
but he knows he might not and
he just left.
Ja, I understand.
Ten years ago, Otto came to me and
said, "I have a terrible feeling.
"I'm moving you and the
girls out of Germany."
Well, I didn't want to go, Miep.
I mean, if you'd seen
the life I had in Germany,
you would have wanted to stay, too.
But I looked him in the eye and
I said, "All right, let's go."
And he brought us here for our safety.
And I hated him. God, I hated
Otto for taking it away from me.
- Thank God you believed him.
- Oh, no, I didn't believe him, I knew him.
I know his heart and he
knows mine. (INHALES DEEPLY)
And even when I hated him,
I never stopped loving him.
(EXHALES)
Marriages grow up, too,
Miep, you have to let them.
Anne calls our marriage passionless,
but but she doesn't know.
Otto knows how to keep us safe,
and how I want to raise a daughter,
and how I like exactly to take my tea.
There's something very romantic
in that. Don't you think?
Hmm.
You know Anne, she doesn't
know about all that.
She she's brilliant.
Yeah, she's impertinent
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- but she's only 14.
She's only 14.
- (HEAVY EXPLOSION)
- ANNE: Mother?
- EDITH: What is this? This noise?
- (SOBS) They're back. It was so close!
But there's no air raid
signal! What was that?
It it wasn't anti-aircraft.
Jan.
I have to go.
(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
(GLASS CLATTERING)
(PAPERS RUSTLING)
VICTOR: Oh, it was
definitely the Resistance.
BEP: Yeah, but why would we
blow up our own building, though?
Oh, Bep. So, the Nazis will
have no records of the Jews.
- Oh, the records. (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES)
- Morning.
- Good morning.
- Did you hear?
- The records building was bombed
and the Nazis arrested a
bunch of Resistance fighters.
MIEP: Hmm. I've heard.
You're late, we're almost
open. Did you sleep in?
(CHUCKLES)
MIEP: No.
ANNE: I've got something to show
you but you can't be angry at me.
- (WHISPERS) Jan? Is Jan here?
- Look right here.
- Wh I don't see anything.
- Peter kissed me. I mean, right here.
It was a little awkward at first
'cause I was turning my head
but he kissed me right
there with both of his lips.
I mean, I had my first kiss. (CHUCKLES)
MIEP: Here, put the groceries away.
Hey, uh, when's Jan coming home? We
thought we could play bridge or
- I'm not sure.
- KUNO: Is there
Is everything okay?
Is there anything we can do for you?
Um, if you have any plates
or mugs in your bedroom,
you could bring them in here. Thanks.
- Are you all right?
- MIEP: Yep.
BEP: Cas?
- Hi.
- CASMIR: Hi.
(INHALES DEEPLY) Do you know anything?
- No. Do you?
- No.
It's been two days.
Right, well, should we go
and find some answers then?
- Come on.
- I have to go. It's Jan.
- (SOBS) He's he's
- All right, go. Go.
Yes. Go.
- (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
- (EXHALES DEEPLY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Ah. She's here.
Hi.
We're looking for Jan Gies.
I don't know a Jan Gies.
Come on, you do. Because
I've seen you with him.
- (CHUCKLES) I don't know a Jan Gies.
- Jan is my husband.
I jus I I just need to
know if he's been arrested,
or if he's alive, or
I just I just need to know.
Please?
I'm sorry.
I don't know Jan Gies.
Let's go.
No one's going to talk in
here. They're all too scared.
- MAN: Bet, any news back?
- WOMAN: Bet, what's going on?
All of you have been asking
and I can't keep saying
it over and over
so I'll tell you what I
do know, once and for all.
Because we all know the
official news is crap.
As you know, the Resistance has
blown up the Civil Registry Office.
- (CROWD CHEER, APPLAUD)
- For reasons I cannot fathom (EXHALES)
the Nazis believe some of
our friends are responsible.
(CROWD CHEER, APPLAUD)
Some of our friends are unaccounted
for, some have been arrested.
Here are the ones that
we know are in custody.
Johan Brouwer
Cornelius Roos
Cees Honig.
(INHALES) Rudi Bloemgarten,
sentenced to death.
(CROWD WHISPER)
Karl Gröger
sentenced to death.
(CROWD WHISPER, SOB)
Willem Arondeus
sentenced to death.
(CROWD WHISPER, SOB)
Willem has made a statement and
his lawyer has passed this on.
Statement is this
"Let it be known, that
homosexuals are not cowards."
SINGER: (SINGING) We'll meet again ♪
Don't know where, don't know when ♪
But I know we'll meet again ♪
Some sunny day ♪
Keep smiling through ♪
Just like you, always do ♪
Till the blue skies
drive the dark clouds ♪
Far away ♪
ALL: (SINGING) We'll meet again ♪
Don't know where, don't know when ♪
But I know we'll meet again ♪
Some sunny day ♪
- BET: To Willem.
- FRIEDA: And to Holland.
What's this?
BEP: Oh, I don't know. It
was there when I got here.
It's German, what does it say?
"Shitfield."
Jan?
Jan!
(PANTS)
Oh, I thought you were gone. I
thought I'd never see you again.
(EXHALES)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
You didn't go.
You didn't go 'ca
'cause of me, and
Well, now you hate me.
I love you.
(WHISPERS) I love you, too.
- Are you coming home?
- (EXHALES DEEPLY)
It's still dangerous
for you, for our friends.
I wasn't there, but if
people talk, they could name me.
(BREATHES HEAVILY) I won't ask
you to stop, I won't, but
I need you to tell me
if you're in danger, I need
to be in danger with you.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
I'll see you soon.
- (GASPS, SQUEALS) Is that for me?
- Yes, yes. Sit down. (CHUCKLES)
Firstly, I want to apologize.
I was wrong about you and Peter,
I shouldn't have told you to
stop feeling what you're feeling.
Actually, I think I
was wrong about Peter.
(SIGHS) I think that he
needs me more than I need him.
- (LAUGHS)
- What! What?
Nothing, nothing. You're
just You're growing up.
(CHUCKLES, INHALES) And you,
you are not waiting, so
Oh! That is one of my
favorite dresses of yours.
- Good, 'cause it's one my favorites, too.
- ANNE: Hmm.
- Of yours!
- Miep. Wait, really?
- You need clothes that fit you.
- Wait, this one's mine?
- (CHUCKLES)
- Wait, really? (GASPS)
- And you need
- (CHEERS, CHUCKLES)
these.
- Those are for me?
- MIEP: Mm-hmm.
Thought I wanted them for myself
but I don't need these, you do.
- No one's downstairs, go on, try them on.
- Okay. (CHUCKLES, GASPS) Oh!
- Those look great! (CHUCKLES)
- I absolutely love them. (CHUCKLES)
- Miep, where am I going to wear these?
- Everywhere!
- You'll wear them
- (JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
- (EXCLAIMS)
- to a job interview and to dinner.
And that's for a girl
who's just getting started.
(CHUCKLES)
MIEP: You'll wear them dancing,
maybe you'll kiss a boy in them,
- maybe the wrong boy, but that's okay.
- (ANNE CHUCKLING)
- You'll make mistakes
- (ANNE GASPING)
learn from them, and
just continue to grow.
And I can't wait to see it.
When you're smilin',
when you're smilin' ♪
The whole world smiles with you ♪
(MUSIC FADES)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
When you're smilin',
when you're smilin' ♪
The whole world smiles with you ♪
When you're laughin',
when you're laughin' ♪
The sun comes shinin' through ♪
But when you're cryin',
you bring on the rain ♪
So stop your sighin',
be happy again ♪
Keep on smilin',
'cause if you're smilin' ♪
The whole world ♪
Smiles with you ♪
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)